Anonymous
12/21/2024 12:50
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Maybe bc it’s in Baltimore and this is a dc forum
Actually it’s Columbia. Their success seems to be very scattered. The oldest Coach has a bad rep, the 07 Coach is a foul mouth loose cannon, and the 08/09 coach is new to GA. Not sure if the ‘08 team being a failure is more about the talent or coaching. For that area there are just better choices in Pipeline, MD United and perhaps even Celtic.
Most of the kids are now playing for DC United.
Is that what why Dc United is so bad?
Anonymous
12/21/2024 09:34
Subject: Re:Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Anonymous wrote:The key is to take private training and small competitive group trainings early on. So yes, If a kid plays Rec at the age of 8 and trains every day with top kids in small groups without club so called development, I think they will get at the top when they are 14 or 15. Obviously as they progress, they will be far superior than playing Rec.
A travel club only provides you with a league you can play in and even with that, you may only play 5 minutes in every game. Look at ECNL rosters packed at 20 players (30 older age groups). How on earth a coach will play all 18 players long enough for them to develop in a 35 minutes half game?
Other than games and tournaments, clubs provide some "easy training" 3 times a week like my DD calls it LOL. Trust me there are some top trainings in the area that far exceed the quality of trainings clubs provide.
There are of course some good coaches that do develop but unfortunately they are very very few. The rest pay a 5k for a coaching license and they start calling themselves coaches who can develop. They understand Soccer upside down. Some think hurting an opponent is the way you play, the other think running all directions is the way to go somehow comparing football to Soccer. Unless a coach got exposed (played or coached) to soccer in Europe, South America or Africa, he/she will not understand how to develop the kids to play the beautiful game. At least on the girls side even at a high level like ECNL or GA, all i see every weekend is running, pushing and kick ball. Coaches are not interested in technique or possession soccer like in Spain for example . What kind of development is this then??
Totally agree. Are there U13G coaches in the area who actually train and play a possession style? I’ve asked this question multiple times on multiple threads, but nada. Maybe that’s because there is nada in the area. So frustrating.
Anonymous
12/21/2024 08:31
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Maybe bc it’s in Baltimore and this is a dc forum
No this forum only discusses VA girls soccer. It’s better that they are not mentioned.
Give it a rest.
Anonymous
12/21/2024 08:06
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Anonymous wrote:A now they are rejected from the Jeff Cup behind some weak RL teams and even 3rd teams. This is the bottom of the bottom.
which age group?
Anonymous
12/21/2024 04:59
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
A now they are rejected from the Jeff Cup behind some weak RL teams and even 3rd teams. This is the bottom of the bottom.
Anonymous
10/21/2024 14:35
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Anonymous wrote:Baltimore Celtics is surpassing Armour at the moment so there is that too
No. You may be thinking of the Boston Celtics
Anonymous
10/21/2024 14:22
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Anonymous wrote:Baltimore Celtics is surpassing Armour at the moment so there is that too
Surpassing them where and how exactly?
Anonymous
10/21/2024 14:20
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Baltimore Celtics is surpassing Armour at the moment so there is that too
Anonymous
10/17/2024 10:42
Subject: Re:Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
The key is to take private training and small competitive group trainings early on. So yes, If a kid plays Rec at the age of 8 and trains every day with top kids in small groups without club so called development, I think they will get at the top when they are 14 or 15. Obviously as they progress, they will be far superior than playing Rec.
A travel club only provides you with a league you can play in and even with that, you may only play 5 minutes in every game. Look at ECNL rosters packed at 20 players (30 older age groups). How on earth a coach will play all 18 players long enough for them to develop in a 35 minutes half game?
Other than games and tournaments, clubs provide some "easy training" 3 times a week like my DD calls it LOL. Trust me there are some top trainings in the area that far exceed the quality of trainings clubs provide.
There are of course some good coaches that do develop but unfortunately they are very very few. The rest pay a 5k for a coaching license and they start calling themselves coaches who can develop. They understand Soccer upside down. Some think hurting an opponent is the way you play, the other think running all directions is the way to go somehow comparing football to Soccer. Unless a coach got exposed (played or coached) to soccer in Europe, South America or Africa, he/she will not understand how to develop the kids to play the beautiful game. At least on the girls side even at a high level like ECNL or GA, all i see every weekend is running, pushing and kick ball. Coaches are not interested in technique or possession soccer like in Spain for example . What kind of development is this then??
A travel club only provides you with a league you can play in and even with that, you may only play 5 minutes in every game. Look at ECNL rosters packed at 20 players (30 older age groups). How on earth a coach will play all 18 players long enough for them to develop in a 35 minutes half game?
Other than games and tournaments, clubs provide some "easy training" 3 times a week like my DD calls it LOL. Trust me there are some top trainings in the area that far exceed the quality of trainings clubs provide.
There are of course some good coaches that do develop but unfortunately they are very very few. The rest pay a 5k for a coaching license and they start calling themselves coaches who can develop. They understand Soccer upside down. Some think hurting an opponent is the way you play, the other think running all directions is the way to go somehow comparing football to Soccer. Unless a coach got exposed (played or coached) to soccer in Europe, South America or Africa, he/she will not understand how to develop the kids to play the beautiful game. At least on the girls side even at a high level like ECNL or GA, all i see every weekend is running, pushing and kick ball. Coaches are not interested in technique or possession soccer like in Spain for example . What kind of development is this then??
Anonymous
10/17/2024 07:05
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Anonymous wrote:Nobody develops anything. Development is through private training and small groups training.
By your logic, a kid can play rec and take supplemental training to become a top player. I don't think so.
Club are able to develop players to make them better. Supplemental private trainings speeds up the development they receive from the clubs.
Anonymous
10/16/2024 22:04
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Anonymous wrote:All what you need to know that this year only 4 kids from SAC u12 were promoted to Armour u13. The rest were recruited from elsewhere even from edp2 and edp4 teams.
It is all about development
There are plenty of clubs that can develop players outside of the more expensive established clubs. No one should think putting their kids in those clubs guarantees them a spot in the most competitive teams. I would say, unless your son is the top 3, maybe 5, every year or most of those years they are at the club, they are no better than kids developed at other clubs.
Some of those kids coming from no name clubs probably have been playing up for years and are now just playing on age for the first time when they join MLSNext clubs.
Anonymous
10/16/2024 21:18
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Nobody develops anything. Development is through private training and small groups training.
Anonymous
10/15/2024 16:13
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
All what you need to know that this year only 4 kids from SAC u12 were promoted to Armour u13. The rest were recruited from elsewhere even from edp2 and edp4 teams.
It is all about development
It is all about development
Anonymous
10/15/2024 15:57
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They used to be mentioned on here alot- you can check the archives. I guess that's one way to tell if a club is going down- by the number of dcum post. Either too many or not enough.
Meh. It’s more like there is very little drama on their teams. People are happy. DCUMers are not. Therein lies your answer.
Correction: there is a ton of drama but nobody willing to post
On boys side it’s more of a demographic difference - most of the kids they take don’t speak English as a first language so their parents aren’t on a board for upper middle class native Americans.
I’ve also heard coach O is difficult.
Anonymous
10/15/2024 13:58
Subject: Baltimore Armour - Why does nobody ever mention them ?
Genuinely curious, how does one illegally recruit for MLSNext? What loopholes are there? Luring other players from other clubs doesn’t seem illegal to me at all.